Clinical Research Laboratory Assistant III - Cancer Center CTO

Primary Responsibilities

• Prepare blood collection tubes and deliver to appropriate locations.
• Pick up tubes and process or transport as necessary.
• Process (spin, aliquot, freeze samples; make peripheral blood slides) and ship labs to appropriate institutions in a timely manner, according to the sponsor specifications.
• Request archived tissue samples (slides or blocks) from pathology department at FMLH or outside hospitals for disease teams and ship as required by study sponsor.
• Absorb fresh tissue biopsies per study protocol.
• Collect required data from study coordinators and research nurses and enter onto clinical research forms and into study lab specimen database.
• Accurately enter research data onto case report forms or specified programs (OnCore) and other databases as appropriate under the direction of the research nurse or study coordinator.
• Under direct guidance, assist with coordination of basic study activities.
• Organize lab and file room to maintain an efficient and safe workplace.
• Handle supply orders, returns, and destruction.
• Meet with study-specific monitors for Site Initiation Visits and monitoring visits to go over lab training, kit inventories, and stored samples.
• Meet with investigators to determine logistics (what kind of labs are needed, where to store or send, how long will it take to process for billing purposes) of lab samples for Investigator Initiated Trials.
• Help facilitate Lab Competency Trainings for new CCCTO employees (processing and shipping labs, biohazard waste location, wearing proper PPE, and discussing Exposure Control Plan).
• Absorb coordination of preventative maintenance for laboratory equipment.
• Troubleshoot lab-related issues involving delivering extra tubes, clarification of blood draw order and times, last minute research lab add-ons, and missed labs.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Appropriate experience may be substituted for education on an equivalent basis.
• Minimum Required Education: High school.
• Minimum Required Experience: 3 years.
• Preferred Education: Bachelor’s degree in scientific or related field.
• Preferred Experience: Research, clinical care or systems and data management experience.